Archive for July, 2009

• Swedish Energy giant Vattenfall wins Climate Greenwash award

  Vattenfall, Europe’s third-largest energy company which is wholly owned by the Swedish Government, has been announced as the winner in the Climate Greenwash Award 2009 at a ceremony in Copenhagen. “Vattenfall, which won with 39% of the vote (about 2000 …

• Watch: Greenpeace activist violently attacked by bluefin tuna fishermen

  John Hocevar, from Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior, writes about the assault on the Greenpeace staff blog: “We are in Valletta Harbor in Malta. We learned that there were two vessels here owned by Fuentes, the tuna tycoon who controls …

• George Monbiot: US is a failed state on climate change

  George Monbiot, Europe’s leading green commentator, joins other environmentalists in attacking the recently passed energy and climate bill in USA. Monbiot says the bill “would be laughable anywhere else” but that unfortunately it’s the best we can expect from the …

• The Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods Silenced By Mainstream Media

  As early as 1998, the dangers of genetically modified food (GMOs) have been recognized by numerous scientific studies. Yet, no mainstream media included stories warning of these studies. Even today, the general North American public remains ignorant of their daily …

• Top experts: Carbon Tax needed NOT Cap-and-Trade Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)

  A number of eminent scientists, economists and writers variously argue strongly FOR a global Carbon Tax that will directly put a price on greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution and enable urgently required rapid transformation to a non-carbon economy. They variously argue …

• Rare El’ements Healthy Hair Care

  Switching to nontoxic skin care, body care, even makeup is easy enough.  With plenty of truly exceptional all natural product lines on the market today, you can swap out your moisturizer, body wash and mascara with no trouble at all.  …

• US House passes Energy and Climate bill, environmentalists says it’s too weak

  Photo credit: jurvetson This past Friday the House of Representatives in USA voted yes to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a cap-and-trade energy bill, by a vote of 219 to 212. This historic climate change bill …